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Arkan
Canada78 Posts
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chestnutcc
India429 Posts
On April 04 2012 02:17 Thinasy wrote: No it isn't appropiate to have them as sponsors due to the fact that Porn is shunned upon, that's all there is to it. Well, that is culture dependent. Gambling sites may not be well received too, but a sensible reason to shy away from pornography is to keep children away from it, which I think most cultures would agree upon, without discussing pornography at all. | ||
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bmml
United Kingdom962 Posts
On April 04 2012 02:16 chestnutcc wrote: Jokes aside, terrible idea, there are many underage pro gamers and spectators at sc2 events, and this would be really bad for publicity. Don't get me wrong, I like me some porn, but its just not appropriate to have them sponsoring an activity that is not age restricted for the most part, and that actively needs more participation. Imagine DJWheat trying to explain that to miniwheat? Or Day[9] rationalizing this to his increasingly mainstream clientele? "they are a large entertainment company", you make it sound like watching zealots cut marines in half is fine but having the name of a large website that offers perfectly legal products is the largest taboo. If sponsors are fine with it, who else gives a fuck. Porn is a massive industry and esports is miniscule in comparison, I'd say esports declining the next new few years is 1000000000% more likely than porn declining so why not take two incredibly interconnected groups, young adults and the porn industry and see what happens. SC2 community is beyond brudish. I didn't see anyone whining when poker strategy offered sponsorship to teams, thats endorsing far more illegal activity than a porn site would in the US. | ||
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namste
Finland2292 Posts
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teddyoojo
Germany22369 Posts
On April 04 2012 02:16 Thinasy wrote: Most people I know atleast try to hide the fact that they've watched it. But oh well okey then. Define age of these kids? thats because society, not logic. | ||
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Derez
Netherlands6068 Posts
If brazzers wanted to sponsor an SC2 team or players, I would have no issue with it at all. All you'll see is a player with a shirt with a brazzers logo on it. | ||
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chestnutcc
India429 Posts
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Scorch
Austria3371 Posts
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schiznak
Australia258 Posts
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chestnutcc
India429 Posts
On April 04 2012 02:28 Derez wrote: So porn sponsors are bad but companies producing the unhealthiest drinks on the planet are fine? If brazzers wanted to sponsor an SC2 team or players, I would have no issue with it at all. All you'll see is a player with a shirt with a brazzers logo on it. To be fair, Brazzers has its own brand of unhealthy drink. | ||
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Hrrrrm
United States2081 Posts
On April 04 2012 02:16 chestnutcc wrote: Jokes aside, terrible idea, there are many underage pro gamers and spectators at sc2 events, and this would be really bad for publicity. Don't get me wrong, I like me some porn, but its just not appropriate to have them sponsoring an activity that is not age restricted for the most part, and that actively needs more participation. Imagine DJWheat trying to explain that to miniwheat? Or Day[9] rationalizing this to his increasingly mainstream clientele? You think little kids are going around asking mommy and daddy what the sponsors sell or their message? It's as simple as saying it's a company that sells adult products and that's it. You don't have to go into specifics of "videos of women getting gangbanged by guys with monster penises in HD". God forbid Trojan or Durex might want to sponsor a mainly male community and you'd have to explain to your child that it's a product to prevent pregnancies and STD's when you start having sex. At the end of the day it's all about the demographic that MLG and other tournaments want to draw. Are the <16 crowd large enough to start telling "adult" sponsors, no thanks? That's a question they will soon have to ask themselves if this Brazzers thing moves forward. Either way it'll be interesting to see if Brazzers tries to do anything themselves as far as tournaments go. I do believe it'll be insanely popular. | ||
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Derez
Netherlands6068 Posts
On April 04 2012 02:30 chestnutcc wrote: To be fair, Brazzers has its own brand of unhealthy drink. A good protein shake never killed anyone. | ||
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Backpack
United States1776 Posts
On April 04 2012 02:28 Derez wrote: So porn sponsors are bad but companies producing the unhealthiest drinks on the planet are fine? If brazzers wanted to sponsor an SC2 team or players, I would have no issue with it at all. All you'll see is a player with a shirt with a brazzers logo on it. Exactly. It's not like kids are going to stumble upon it by accident. It will either be blocked by parental controls or if it's not they already have free reign over all the other porn on the internet. Lets be honest, kids look at porn already. Just like they swear when not around their parents and watch the matrix at their friends house. | ||
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bLooD.
Germany470 Posts
On April 04 2012 02:25 namste wrote: Speaking of Brazzers, has anyone ever paid for their videos? Guess so... why would they still be alive otherwise? | ||
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vOdToasT
Sweden2870 Posts
On April 04 2012 02:24 TritaN wrote: Yes, he is. And Kayo Police is a mtf transsexual. She gets treated very well at every event she goes to. And what about the ones who don´t get treated well? She´s just one person. (Besides, I wasn´t necessarily talking about organizers, more the community - the players she plays against and the audience she plays for) I would be open minded to the possibility of things having changed since, but then the streaming incident happened where a female player was shit on so much that she didn´t even want to continue playing in the event, so it seems like it´s still business as usual. If there were female SC2 players who were actually good and playing in tournaments, would that EVER happen AT ALL? | ||
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Rob28
Canada705 Posts
I can see why it would be a problem for SOME folk... but probably not MOST folk. | ||
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imMUTAble787
United States680 Posts
On April 04 2012 01:41 vOdToasT wrote: The fighting game scene is a huge disgusting joke, lol. Try being a woman in it, or even worse, a transsexual, and you will get treated like absolute trash. Which makes it funny that they would ban any logos of Brazzers on their stream. Really, porn isn´t ok, but all the other shit that goes on in the fighting game community is... Yeah... like Kayo, Ricky Ortiz, Karaface, etc. right ? People like you that operate off of second hand information and play the equivalent of telephone with bits and pieces of this or that story should get off of the internet. You're doing the equivalent of projecting the actions of isolated incidents onto an entire community. Is esports made up of nothing but racists that hurl slurs at each other in every game ? Does the esports community all photoshop and harass female players that get signed to prestigious teams ? Does the esports community not support female only tournaments ? If you live in a glass house you shouldn't be hurling boulders. Right now Hotbid is trolling a more mainstream event that is incredibly sexist, but for some reason accepted by the masses. The longer blatant double standards continue on the longer any community that tries to put another on blast for things they are guilty of will be a joke. | ||
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dUTtrOACh
Canada2339 Posts
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Son of Gnome
United States777 Posts
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Hinanawi
United States2250 Posts
Please make it happen. Brazzers and SC2 deserve each other. | ||
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